Every year, from August to October, it is harvest season for bee hunters in the Moon Mountains.

The pupa of the wild bee is a rare and popular local delicacy in the area on the borders of three counties in Guizhou -Rongjiang, Congjiang and Sandu.

Shi Benhui, 40, is one of the wild bee hunters in Baitou village, Rongjiang county. He says obtaining hives is a risky and dangerous business in the primitive forest.

But it is also rewarding, both for the enjoyment of hunting and in selling the bees at market.

Shi Benhui shows off his trophies. Photos by He Junyi / For China Daily

Shi celebrates the harvest with his family at dinner.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 10/14/2016 page4)